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Old 11-11-07, 01:35 PM
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Red face need some help finding an engine

Alright so a couple months ago i bought an 88 turbo 2 and i drove it around for about a week and then discovered that the apex seals were crapped out. now ive saved and gotten money enough for an engine. I'm looking for one for about 1-1.5 thousand and all it has to be is straight stock. I'm not shooting for more than that with that much money. I've been told about a site called tiger Japanese and I've also been told about looking on here for one. so if any one could help and know where to find good ones or even have one your willing to sell i wanna get a move on and get my car going already.
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help me please!!
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You won't get much for $1000 as far as new motors go, maybe a start to rebuilt one, I wouldn't trust an importer for a decent motor you'll still have to rebuild most likely.

I'd call kevin Landers or hit him up on here for more info on his rebuilds, i think they start at around $1500

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Err... Kevin landers is in Tennessee so unless you feel like shipping ur core all the way our there or driving, i wouldnt suggest it. Anyway if ur looking for a NEW motor, ur going to spend like 5 grand LOL. Your best bet would be to look for one in a junkyard or something. Before all that, if your rx7 isnt your daily driver you should rip out the engine and find out whats wrong with it you may just have a cracked apex seal or a screwed up housing in which case it will only take you like 500 to fix..... though you should always replace your housings as a pair.
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I hear bad things about tiger Japanese..
Saw a few similar posts a few days back with some good answers for this question.. Use the search feature and check them out..

EDIT: https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...post&p=7503351

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No rotary shops in NM that could do a rebuild?
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Get the rebuild video, pull yours out and give it a whirl. You might get lucky.
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Originally Posted by RyosukeD
No rotary shops in NM that could do a rebuild?
Probably none that you'd want to afford...
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How far from dallas are you man...There are quite a few people around this area that do stuff like rebuilds and other misc items.
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i got lucky and found a full car. its got a fresh rebuilt engine with 2mm ceramic apex seals, street/semi race port, ported throttle body, ported upper and lower intake manifolds, 3" into 2.75" turbo back exhaust dual tip, 4 puck clutch, rtek 1.8 with brand new 720cc injectors the guy says they're bigger than that but thats the least they are brand new fuel pump and all the random **** i need like door handle fender **** like that and all it needs to run is a **** load of sensors that i have in mine already. all for the whomping price of 1500. i start into disassembling mine tonight. cant wait to get it running : )
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i know im forgetting things that it comes with but thats the majority
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OH and the compression is sitting at 85 on both and the engine has had less than 4 hours of run time. the mechanic said its probably had like 30 minutes at most.
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Those numbers are pretty low, but they should come up if its been sitting a while. My engine had been sitting for a year or so and started at 80, but came up to 105 once it got running for a while.
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Originally Posted by Sideways7
Those numbers are pretty low, but they should come up if its been sitting a while. My engine had been sitting for a year or so and started at 80, but came up to 105 once it got running for a while.

yeah its been sitting for a while plus it hasnt had time to seat everything correctly. so as soon as i give it a few miles it should come right up. like you said
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